Comments on Weight of the Evidence: What the World Eats

I saw that article a long time ago (or one just like it maybe). I was actually shocked at how much utter junk food was in the house of basically anybody from a culture that wasn't nearly bush.

If you deduct the occasional crap I eat outside the home (and am working to cure myself of), my table wouldn't have much variety on it.

Hamburger (mostly), chicken breasts (2nd most common), pork loin, pork cutlets, pepperoni, breakfast sausage, bacon (not much of the last 3). Colby-jack block, mozarella block, jack slices, crumbled blue cheese, shredded and powdered parmesan. Cream cheese, butter, sour cream, cream. Tons of eggs. Frozen peas, frozen broccoli. Garlic, onions, scallions, fresh peppers, broccoli, tomatoes, mushrooms. Peanut and Olive oils. Almond meal, coconut meal, flax seed meal. Canned pumpkin, Rotel tomato/ peppers, black olives, diced green chilis, enchilada sauce. Jar'd Pace salsa, 4-cheese alfredo sauce, spaghetti sauce, and from the deli, cold-pesto. Lots of parsley, oregano, basil, garlic powder, onion powder, sea salt, cracked black pepper. That's basically the list I shop off. Once in awhile I will get something like zucchini or cauli or asparagus or tomatillo for a certain dish (want to learn to like more of them). Once in a rare while I'll get frozen wild blueberries or fresh strawberries. And it should have several containers of whey protein powder in there somewhere I suppose, and orange fish oil since I try to ingest those when I can and they're in the kitchen with the food. But that's it. I guess I'm pretty boring because I don't really eat anything off that list! When I do it's usually outside the home.

I see people eating stuff like fish, crab, duck, lamb, etc. but I just don't like any of that stuff at all. Wish I did, I bet it would open up my eating options!

I was actually hoping you would have a simplified 5-step plan to suggest Regina (see my blog) or I might be stuck going paleo LOL.

Oh, I wish I could get together with all my low-carb online acquaintances and COOK! I hardly know any low-carb people in person, at least not any who admit to it. Maybe they are all like me, and don't really talk about it because they don't want to get hassled.

Your photo looks a lot like mine would look. I don't use bottled salad dressings (I can't stand canola oil, and most of the other oils they use are high in omega-6 - even the higher end ones never seem to use real olive oil). Depending on the season, I might have more frozen berries than fresh ones. Also, my husband is more of a "moderate-carb" guy, so there would be a few unexpected things, like frozen entrees for his lunch (the least processed he can find). I'd rather he ate fresh food for lunch, but I'm not gonna nag him.

Oh, and wine. We go through about 2-3 bottles a week (which is about 1 small to medium glass each per day, in case that makes us sound like lushes).

I occasionally use prepared chicken broth, but honestly, now that I've learned to make my own in my slow cooker, the commercial stuff tastes like it's made by dragging a chicken through lukewarm water. If I run out of homemade, I'm just as likely to use plain water!

About once every two years I mail order a gallon of virgin coconut oil.